Surgical Oncology
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Vascular reconstruction may have a role in pancreatic adenocarcinoma resection
Key clinical point: Performing a Whipple on borderline T3 lesions with vascular invasion may allow for an increased amount of surgical resections....
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Refining prognosis in small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors
Key clinical point: The extent of lymph node involvement provides important independent prognostic information in patients with early-stage, T1,...
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ASCO endorses "no ink on tumor" guidelines for breast cancer surgery
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Tests pinpoint primary sources of neuroendocrine bowel, pancreatic metastases
Key clinical point: Gene expression can be used to identify the primary source of neuroendocrine small bowel and pancreatic metastases.Major...
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Pasireotide decreases incidence of postoperative fistula
Key clinical point: Pasireotide reduced the incidence of postoperative pancreatic fistula, leak, or abscess.Major finding: Compared with placebo,...
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Breast cancer fear contributes to prophylactic mastectomy rate
Key clinical point: Fear of breast cancer recurrence results in many unnecessary contralateral prophylactic mastectomies.Major finding: Women with...
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Laparoscopic surgery cut length of hospital stay in colorectal cancer
Key clinical finding: Laparoscopy should be considered over open surgery for colorectal cancer. Major finding: Median total hospital stay was...
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Expanded cytoreduction criteria improved survival of carcinoid liver metastases
Major finding: The 5-year survival rate of patients with carcinoid liver metastases treated under expanded debulking criteria was 90%, compared...
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Thyroglobulin washout boosts diagnostic sensitivity in recurrent thyroid cancer
Key clinical point: Adding surgeon-performed ultrasonography with thyroglobulin washout to fine-needle aspiration cytology increases the accuracy...
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Younger men with goiter at higher risk for thyroid cancers
Key clinical point: Men under age 50 undergoing surgery for benign goiter are at elevated risk for thyroid cancer.Major finding: Among men under...
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Blacks balk at life-saving early lung cancer therapy
Major finding: Blacks were significantly less likely than were whites to receive radiotherapy for stage IA NSCLC (P = .02).Data source: A...